Eileen Goudge was born in San Mateo‚ California‚ and is the author of many novels (and even a cookbook) including a series of novels called the “Garden of Lies”‚ “Sweet Valley High” series (for teens)‚ and a mystery series called “Cypress Bay” series. Goudge has also written other stand alone works for readers of all kinds. She is the wife of a film critic; who she says is not her first but will be her last marriage. They met when he interviewed her on air on his radio talk show (he called her after
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QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel‚ become familiar with the historical and
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A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. A common length is about 50 to 100 pages‚ or around 20‚000 to 40‚000 words. The extra length is generally used for more character development than is possible in a short story‚ but without the much greater character and plot development of a novel. ------------------------------------------------- Novella From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the literary form. For
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Inna Lyvytska 10-23-13 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Character Analysis Essay Johnny Cade Ponyboy and his friends are caught in a hurricane of dramatic events that start after the night
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Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs‚" captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today. This story has a lot of issues that are going to be talked about in this paper such as the realism‚ the conflicts‚ the characters‚ Hintons style‚ the themes‚ etc. This book is pretty interesting and brings up a lot of good issues. There are a lot of reasons for reading
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Anthony Preston Christmas Break Mrs. Kahn English 10H What is a Dystopia Novel? Anthem is definitely a dystopian novel. The novel includes almost every definition of a dystopia novel. In the article it says‚ “The dystopian stories are often stories about survival‚ their main theme is oppression and rebellion. The environment plays an important role in dystopian depiction. In every dystopian story‚ there is a back story of war‚ revolutions
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Meursault‚ the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ receives a telegram telling him that his mother has died. She had been living in an old persons’ home in Marengo‚ outside of Algiers. Meursault asks his boss for two days’ leave from work to attend the funeral. His boss grudgingly grants the request‚ and makes Meursault feel almost guilty for asking. Meursault catches the two o’clock bus to Marengo‚ and sleeps for nearly the entire trip. When Meursault arrives‚ he meets with the director of the old
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From reading the book it was pretty clear that Ponyboy had a rough family life. It is a huge part of Ponyboys growth realizing his family was the most important thing to him but hadn’t realized this until it was too late. Ever since his parents died he has been under the care of Darry. Ponyboy always felt like Darry never loved him because he could never please him. "He’s as hard as a rock and about as human...he thinks I’m a pain in the neck. He likes Soda--everybody likes Soda--but he can’t stand
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The Impact of a Graphic Novel Maus‚ written by Art Spiegelman‚ is a graphic novel that tells a story within a story. The book portrays Art’s father’s experiences as a Jew caught in the middle of World War II. What makes this portrayal especially interesting is the way the Art tells the story in his father’s own words. Vladek’s accounts of what happened to him are displayed within the bigger picture of the novel‚ which is how these experiences affect his current relationship with his son Art. Maus
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and watched the Outsiders and now I think about it sometimes and the first person who comes up in my mind is Johnny. Johnny‚ a character in the “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton has to get through hard times in the bad streets and gangs of Tulsa‚Oklahoma. He was unfortunately unable to survive the hard times and ends up passing away. He was happy for what he died for after saving kids in a burning church. Johnny scared‚uneasy‚ and intuitive ways make him forever remembered in the Outsiders. After reading
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